that's something that neither president obama or obama has done. balancing our budget, president bush nor president obama made steps on that front that i think need to be made. and number number five, champion be small business. that's critical. nothing that someone has spoken about that i can recall in quite awhile. >> cenk: he seems to be throwing president bush under the bus. is that a new strategy. >> it's a strategy that some republican is going to have to take. they'll have to distance themselves. john mccain ignored george bush. the problem with george bush is not going to go by ignoring him. voters, young voters and emerging groups like hispanic identify republican candidates and republicans in general with the eight years of the bush presidency. even the last four years of the bush presidency. i don't know if it's too little, too late, it's probably a good strategy to say george bush is that guy. i'm this guy. >> cenk: the flip side is if you have to throw your former president under the bus it doesn't speak well of your party, and you're